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Blacksmith Shop

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View of the interior of a blacksmith's shop. The blacksmith is shoeing a horse along the brick wall on the left. Horseshoes hang from rafters of the open ceiling.

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Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 21 x 16 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s
Call Number CF 50518

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W013ZWH
Legacy ID
WHi 111310

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Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse

Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse

circa 1950-1959

A blacksmith in a working apron prepares a horse for shoeing. The bridled and saddled horse stands quietly next to another horse in the blacksmith's shop, which is littered with horseshoes and blac...

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Photographs
Two Blacksmiths

Two Blacksmiths

Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hundreds of horseshoes hang from nails in th...

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Photographs
Men in front of Horseshoe Shop

Men in front of Horseshoe Shop

Nine men in aprons lined up in front of a brick horseshoe shop. One of the men is sitting on a horse. The sign above the door reads: "C. Deising, Horseshoer," with a horse's head sculpture mounted ...

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Photographs
Asa Preston in front of Blacksmith's Shop

Asa Preston in front of Blacksmith's Shop

1873

Asa Preston (1816-1892) stands in front of his blacksmith's shop with his sons David (1840-1904) and John (1842-1898) behind him and a variety of items made at the shop, particularly plows. The bui...

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Photographs
Schierl's Blacksmith Shop

Schierl's Blacksmith Shop

Leander Schierl, Wendelin Schierl, and a young boy inside Schierl's Blacksmith Shop. Leander bends over, shoeing the horse, while his father observes. On the left a young boy holds the horse's rein...

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Postcards
A.G. Peterson's Blacksmith Shop

A.G. Peterson's Blacksmith Shop

September 2, 1911

Text on front reads: "A.G. Peterson's Blacksmith Shop, Sheridan, Wis." Workers, horses, buggies and wagons are in front of a brick blacksmith's shop. The street is unpaved. Another business and a w...

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